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Definition of saltimbanque - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

spectacleartiste de rue qui fait des spectacles sur les places publiques

Le saltimbanque divertissait la foule avec ses acrobaties.

acrobate

jongleur

bouffonpersonne qui se comporte comme un bouffon avec des gestes exagérés

Il joue au saltimbanque pour faire rire ses amis.

bouffon

farceur

pitre

léger

Rare

personne peu sérieuse dont on ne peut pas faire confiance

Rare

Ce saltimbanque change d'avis selon son intérêt du moment.

charlatan

fantaisiste

imposteur

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Origin of saltimbanque

italien, saltare (sauter) + banco (banc)

Examples of saltimbanque in a sentence

Un saltimbanque jonglait sur la place du marché.
Les enfants riaient devant le spectacle du saltimbanque.
Ce saltimbanque attire tous les regards sur la place.
Les enfants riaient devant le saltimbanque du village.
On ne peut pas confier ce projet à un saltimbanque.
Les promesses de ce saltimbanque n'engagent que ceux qui y croient.

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English:street performer, clown, ...
German:Gaukler, Clown, ...
Italian:saltimbanco, impostore, ...
Spanish:saltimbanqui, payaso, ...
Portuguese:artista de rua, palhaço, ...
Chinese:街头艺人, 小丑, ...
Japanese:大道芸人, 道化師, ...
Arabic:فنان شارع, مهرج, ...
Hebrew:אָמָּן רְחוֹב, מְצַחֵקָן, ...
Russian:уличный артист, шут, ...
Ukrainian:вуличний артист, блазень, ...
Catalan:saltimbanqui, bufó, ...
Dutch:straatartiest, clown, ...
Greek:καλλιτέχνης του δρόμου, τσάρλεϊ, ...
Korean:거리 공연가, 익살꾼, ...
Polish:artysta uliczny, błazen, ...
Portuguese (BR):artista de rua, bufão, ...
Romanian:saltimbanc, clovn, ...
Thai:นักแสดงข้างถนน, ตัวตลก, ...
Turkish:sokak sanatçısı, soytarı, ...
Vietnamese:nghệ sĩ đường phố, kẻ hề, ...

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